Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1887-04-07

said he would send man TO Omaha with
us; Paul Leader left with us for Omaha
tho next Tuesday. Cross examination
Saw the $3.50 which Arensdorf gave moth
or In the Milwaukee house; mother owed
Mr. Dean $50 on the lot on which our
house was built; mother went 10 see Gov.
Larrabee while In Des Moines last week;
some man met us at Omaha; he went to
Des Moines with us. Redirect examina-
ton. | told MIR. 0'Connel and Taylor
what Arensdorf had told mother; told the
gentlemen when they were NJ the St.
Elmo hotel In our room; they told me TO
tell the truth when l came into the
court room and to tell just exactly what
heard Arcnsdorf tell mother.
II was somewhat Of n surprise when the
State announced Just before dinner that
II would rest the case. Altogether thirty
witnesses have been examined, Witnesses
for the defense were put upon the stand,
The line Of the defense so far has been TO
break down the testimony OF tho States
witnesses, and nothing has yet been In
troduccd to prove an abb
Sioux Cry, April LIN tho Haddock
case this morning the defense introduced
VIM. Doersan, who said when Mrs. Leay-
1T was informed Of the killing Of Had.
dock she remarked, Good, I'm glad the
- ----- - Is killed.
Matt Franciscus, pawnbroker last
August, testified that on the afternoon OF
the BID Of August Leavltt said In his shop
Those fellows are in favor Of whipping
the preacher. l am In favor OF killing
the damned - - -"
On cross examination he said he thought
and heard II remarked that Kosniskis
character was bad.
Joseph Crukshank; the iailer, said that
Leavitt came to the jail November 20 to
see Bismarck He told him there was no
danger IL he (Bismarck) would stick to
the story they had fixed up. Leavitt In
CURED II Mrs. Bismarck needed any
money, took her address and promised to
send her some.
Joseph Sperry swore that Leaviit
wanted to borrow revolver on the af.
ternoon of August 3. Leavitt wore light
pants on that afternoon.
On cross.examination he repeated in
substance the statements Of the direct eX'
animation.
Al Erwin has lived In Sioux City ten
years. Saw Leavtt the night Haddock
was killed In front of the bankrupt store.
He had on light pants and u rubber coat;
was going east
Louis Seller talked with Leavitt ut
Junk's saloon on the day of the murder,
Leavitt said, I'VE ought TO blow up some
of the temperance cranks as they did In
Leavenworth. He asked witness II no
would 60 on his bond, said he once blew
up a man and three children In Lcaven'
worth. Cross-eXamincd--Told Tread
way what Leavitt had said.
Louis Agnes saw Bismarck after his re-
turn from California; he said he put the
shooting on Arensdorf to save his own
neck
Mr.. S. J. w. Gilbert heard Mrs, Loayitt
say the saloon men had no sand, that
she would for two cents do up Haddock
herself; that IL she had the saloonkeepers
she would put petticoats on them" Mrs.
Anna Kegemeyer testified TO haying heard
the same conversation.
ID. G. Barnes. of City mills, said Arens-
DORIS character for peacefulncss was
good Went into Eberlie's saloon and
remained until $50; took lunch with
Arcnsdorf; left about 10 or 20 minutes
after 10. Arcnsdorf went east and wit
ness weut west; passed the Columbia
house about 1915. Bismarcks character
Is bad. Cross. exalnination-Th same
statement was made on cross-examina.
tion.
John Dayalan testified TO the good
character Of Arensdorf,
Samuel Kicker saw Arensdorf and
Barnes together on the night OF Aug 3,
about 10 o'clock, near the corner Of 4th
and Pierce street
Sioux City, April 2,-The defense In
tho Haddock murder case showed their
hand to-day, and while the attendance at
court was less than heretofore the impor-
lance OF the testimony was not gain said.
A waiter at the Sheppard restaurant testl.
fed that John Arensdorf was there eat
ing lunch until 1905, August 3D.. This Is
two blocks from the scene OF the murder.
G. w. Smith, a harness maker claims
to have seen NIL he testifles. He said: II
returned to the Columbia house about
1905; then went to my room, No. II;
after going to my room | opened the
window; IL faced Water street. / could
see from the window the cross walk from
the Columbia house TO Dineen's corner.
heard shot fired ten or fifteen minutes
after had laid down upon the bed
was looking out of the window north.
saw four persons; two were close together.
Did not notice any near the fence. The
two close together were near the middle
Of Water street; they were not over four
feet apart. saw the man who fired the
shot; he was north and q little In the rear
of the man who was shot. The man that
fired the shot had on light straw hat,
light pants and a rubber coat. The man
that did the shooting ran across Fourth
street north and up Water street." Here
The hat found In Ryan's yard was exhibit.
ed; il was dark straw hat with light
spots on 1t; a portion Of the rim was
gone. On dark night the hat would
have seemed almost black
The witness continued after seeing the
hat: THE hat the man wore who did the
shooting looked brighter and newer than
that am well acquainted with Arensdorf
by sight; am positive that the man who
fired the shot was not John Arensdorf. i
am acquainted with Leavitt by sight. In
my Judgment Lcavitt Is the man that fired
the fatal shot An electric light was
burning brightly across Fourth street east
of the corner OF Water The two men
referred to were between me and the
electric light. The gas light at the corner
of the Columbia house was burning.
refused to make statement, because l
was afraid Of getting into trouble.
III. A. Lyon testified that he saw Arens'
dorf coming toward the scene of the
homicide soon after the murder occurred,
Sioux City, April 4.--The first witness
called to-day was J. NJ. Simmons, the
party who went with Leavitt on August
2 to notify the saloon keepers Of special
meeting OF saloon. keepers. He was some.
what contradictory in his statements and
swore there was no organization OF sa.
loon.keepers, but that an effort was being
made TO make one He denied being
present when anything was said about
hiring some one TO do up the preachers
In cross.examination ne admitted there
was a saloon keepers organization and
gave the names of the officers.
julius Lieberton was then called and
said: Roomed at the engine house on
Water street between Third and Fourth
August 3, 1885, was up stairs sitting at a
window aud saw the man who fired the
shot. He was about two.thirds across
Water street. the man who was shot was